Carlisle (IA)       previews home GENERAL Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Red/White/Gold Coach: Mark Hoekstra League: 3A District 8 (moving from 3A District 6) Playoff Division: 3A Playoff Division Rank: #19 RETURNERS Returning Offensive Starters: 2 Returning Defensive Starters: 4 2017 JV Record: 3-4 Starting Quarterback Returning: no Top Running Back Returning: no Top Receiver Returning: no Top OL Returning: no Top Defender Returning: no TOP PLAYERS Ethan Reed Senior RB/S Bo Struve Senior OL/DL Tegan Wyckoff Junior S/QB STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES Team Strengths: Have Some Experience Team Weaknesses: Statistical Leaders Graduated RATINGS 2017 Final Power Rating: 25 2017 National Rank: #2104 2017 State Rank: #23 Personnel (Back/Lost) Rating Adjustment: -10.5 2018 Starting Power Rating: -1 2018 National Rank: #3725 2018 State Rank: #43 Dynasty Rating (Average 2003-2017 Rating): 16.7 Dynasty National Rank: #4338 2018 Rating vs. Dynasty Rating Comparison: worse by 17.7 Dynasty Record: 90-59 (60-40 in league) HISTORICAL 2017 Overall Record: 8-2 2017 League Record/Finish: 6-1 (2nd) 2017 Points For Average: 43.1 2017 Points Against Average: 23.8 2017 Differential: +19.3 2017 Wins: #3302 Norwalk (50-21), #3902 Ballard (Huxley) (43-28), #5414 Nevada (56-34), #5676 Knoxville (57-37), #6523 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) (45-0), #8426 Gilbert (57-29), #8610 North Polk (Alleman) (31-0), #9977 Grinnell (49-3) 2017 Losses: #737 Pella (45-21), #1092 Dallas Center-Grimes (Dallas Center) (41-22) 2017 Opponents W-L: 49-47 Recent League Championships: 2010 (tied for 1st), 2007 (tied for 1st; 3A District 7), 2003 (tied for 1st; 2A District 8) Winning Streak Entering 2018 Season: none SCHEDULE 2018 Schedule: 8/24 Winterset, 8/31 Lewis Central (Council Bluffs), 9/7 at Creston/Orient-Macksburg (Creston), 9/14 at Pella, 9/21 Norwalk, 9/28 at Gilbert, 10/5 Ballard (Huxley), 10/12 at North Polk (Alleman), 10/19 Bondurant-Farrar (Bondurant) Highest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Pella (20.7), Lewis Central (Council Bluffs) (20), Ballard (Huxley) (7.1) Lowest-Rated 2018 Regular Season Opponents: Creston/Orient-Macksburg (Creston) (-19.7), North Polk (Alleman) (-17.8), Gilbert (-16.3) 2017 Regular Season Schedule Strength: 7.6 (15.9 overall) 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength: -1.5 2018 vs. 2017 Schedule Strength Comparison: -9.1 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength State Rank: #8 2018 Regular Season Schedule Strength National Rank: #2854 2018 Projected Regular Season Record: 5-4 2018 Projected League Finish: 3rd 2018 Undefeated Regular Season Probability: less than 1%